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unusual facts about ''Carry On'' team



Arin Ilejay

He was featured on two singles subsequently released by the band: "Not Ready to Die," which was featured in the Call of Duty: Black Ops zombie map "Call of the Dead", and "Carry On," which was featured in the sequel Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

Best Coast

Rolling Blackouts by The Go! Team (2011, Memphis Industries) (Bethany Cosentino only, on tracks "Buy Nothing Day" and "Rolling Blackouts")

Billy Rice

Billy Rice (born 12 September 1938 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, died 26 June 2008) was a football player who played for Australia in their ill-fated 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

In January 2012, the show was renamed Bullseye, and began featuring The Go! Team's "Huddle Formation" as its theme song.

Carol Hawkins

Hawkins is perhaps best known (and forever fondly remembered by many British males of a certain age) as a defining - if possibly reluctant - example of 1970s so-called "English crumpet", both for the role of Sharon Eversleigh and for her performances in two prime-period examples of the legendary Carry On film series: Carry On Abroad (1972), alongside Sally Geeson, and Carry On Behind (1975), alongside Sherrie Hewson.

Carry On Abroad

Carry On Abroad is the twenty-fourth in the series of Carry On films to be made, released in 1972.

Carry On Again Doctor

Carry On Again Doctor is the eighteenth in the series of Carry On films to be made.

Carry On Behind

Carry On Behind is the twenty-seventh in the series of Carry On films to be made, and was released in 1975.

These supporting players were mostly recognisable comedy actors at the time but not long term regular members of the Carry On team.

Carry On Constable

Unhappy seeing one of their contracted actors in a rival production, they threatened to stop distribution, so Peter Rogers reluctantly dropped him from the films and replaced him with Sid James, thus beginning James's 19-film long membership of the Carry On team.

Carry On England

This film featured few established members of the Carry On team.

David Aganzo

Aganzo's wife, Brazilian footballer Milene Domingues, played in Spain from 2002 to 2009 (including two years in the ladies' team of Rayo Vallecano).

El Perro del Mar

From 2004 to late 2005, her records had only been released by the Swedish label, Hybris, but in 2006, Sarah experienced a host of newfound success when her self-titled album El Perro del Mar was picked up by UK-based label, Memphis Industries, under which Dungen and The Go! Team also release.

Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Team

The team championship, para-equestrian dressage event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was decided by tests ridden at Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Centre.

Everybody's Talkin'

It was sampled in 2002 by Paul Oakenfold in "Starry Eyed Surprise", in 2004 by The Go! Team in "Everyone's a V.I.P. to Someone" and in 2007 by Mika in his Live in Cartoon Motion DVD.

Fate to Fatal

It was recorded in three different locations by multiple engineers; the title track was recorded at The Fortress Studios, London with producer Gareth Parton (The Go! Team, Foals); "The Last Time", which features lead vocals by Mark Lanegan, and "Pinnacle Hollow" were recorded by Ben Mumphrey in Dayton, OH; "Chances Are", a cover of a Bob Marley song, was recorded by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago.

Gogolfest

Headliner included Spanish Theatre La Fura Dels Baus, Finnish duo Kimmo Pohjonen Kluster, Italian theatre of athletic dance Kataklo, ethnic ensemble from Tuva (Russia) Huun-Huur-Tu, Russian chamber orchestra «Opus Posth.», Jazzsteppa, The Go! Team from UK.

Home Swinger

Several known artists, such as David Holmes, Wu Fei, Dustin Wong, Jad Fair, Thread Pulls, These Are Powers, The Go! Team, The Luyas, Micachu, A Place To Bury Strangers, Killed By 9V Batteries attended one of the workshops and have copies of the instrument.

Jon Elrick

His mum Nadine played more than 60 times for the New Zealand ladies' team.

Killer's Moon

Birkinshaw's film has been cited as combinings elements of Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, the notorious American sleaze epic Carnal Madness (which was released in Britain as The Sizzlers), and a low-rent, late-period Carry On film.

Leon Greene

His films include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967), The Devil Rides Out (1968, in which he was dubbed by Patrick Allen), The Squeeze (1977), Flash Gordon (1980) and several Carry On comedies.

Matthew Kemp

Kemp got his first senior international cap for the Socceroos on 7 January 2010 in an AFC Asian Cup qualifying match versus Kuwait at the Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium in Kuwait City.

Patrick Topaloff

In the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s, writer/director Philippe Clair cast Topaloff in a number of slapstick comedy films similar to the Carry On series in the UK or those made by Jerry Lewis in the US after splitting with Dean Martin.

Phillips 66ers

In 1948, the 66ers combined with Adolph Rupp's "Fabulous Five" University of Kentucky team to form the U.S. team that won the Olympic tournament.

Promise Lands

The album was recorded at The Dairy, Brixton, London and at Darren Ford's home studio, co-produced by Ford and Dan Roe and mixed by Gareth Parton who has previously worked with The Go! Team.

Punkara

It was recorded with The Go! Team producer, Gareth Parton at The Fortress Studios, London.

Raphael Bove

Raphael Bove (born 5 March 1977 in Cassino) is an Italian Australian football (soccer) player who has represented Australia at international level.

Richie Alagich

Richie is the brother of Matilda, Dianne Alagich.

Samantha Kerr

In June 2011, Kerr was on the cover of the Australian FourFourTwo Magazine along with fellow Matilda's Melissa Barbieri, Thea Slatyer, Kyah Simon and Sarah Walsh.

Super Extra Bonus Party

Aside from headline shows, the band played with the likes of The Go! Team, Cadence Weapon, Bonde do Rolê, Subtle and Alec Empire as well as slots at Electric Picnic in 2007 and 2008.

That's Carry On!

That's Carry On! is a compilation of the highlights of the Carry On films and it is the 29th entry in the series.

The Go! Team

Team contributed the song "Templates from Home" to Bruce Parry's Survival International charity album, Songs for Survival.

They achieved further popularity when their song "Get It Together" from Thunder, Lightning, Strike was featured in trailers for the video game LittleBigPlanet, with the song eventually becoming identified with the game.

The track "The Power Is On" from Thunder, Lightning, Strike was included in "The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to Present."

The Heathens

Building momentum on the success and release of their first music video for the song "Stickin' Around," the video was accepted at the Los Angeles Film Fest in May 2006, where it played alongside the likes of other such notable artists as Beck, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The White Stripes, Nine Inch Nails, Death Cab for Cutie, The Go! Team, The Shins, and Bright Eyes.


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